Q: Can I legally end my rental agreement lease due to a major gas leak & unfinished repairs?
I am currently in a year term rental home, we had a gas leak on the property on 10/16/24 & as of today 11/11/24 still have no gas at the property. We smelled the gas, reported it, the gas company took the meter off the property & stated pipe lines inside and outside needed to be replaced, the landlord sent a maintenance worker & they replaced a foot of the pipe outside the home, city inspector came out and looked at the water heater & pipe repaired & gave the okay to get the gas cut back on. The gas company came out today to put the meter back on but didn’t once they realized no work was done to the pipes inside the home. We just don’t know what the correct process is to end the contract amicably so that way it doesn’t reflect negatively on our credit reports & we would like our security deposit back.
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